Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Jan
1,192 0
2.
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Geir
865 +2
2.
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Rune
865 +1
4.
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Bjørn
837 -2
5.
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Lars
692 +1
6.
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Per
661 -1
7.
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Morten
642 0
8.
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Trond
621 0
9.
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Terje
568 0
10.
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Frode
539 +1
11.
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Ole
524 +1
12.
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Svein
517 -2
13.
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Knut
470 0
14.
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Stig
451 +3
15.
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Thomas
437 +15
16.
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Kjell
430 -1
17.
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Hans
419 +5
18.
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Kjetil
409 +5
19.
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John
408 +1
20.
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Tom
407 -4
21.
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Espen
406 +8
22.
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Tor
405 -9
23.
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Øyvind
401 +5
24.
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Ronny
389 +11
25.
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Erik
382 -6
26.
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Roger
378 -5
27.
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Tore
361 -9
28.
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Frank
358 -3
29.
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Jon
345 -5
30.
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Robert
338 +8
31.
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Tommy
322 +4
32.
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Odd
307 -6
33.
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Pål
302 -1
34.
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Dag
301 -2
35.
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Øystein
300 +10
36.
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Vidar
283 -9
37.
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Kenneth
278 +11
38.
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Arne
275 -7
39.
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Roy
273 -5
40.
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Steinar
266 0
41.
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Anders
261 0
42.
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Nils
252 0
43.
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Helge
238 0
44.
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Stein
231 -5
45.
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Arild
226 -8
46.
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Harald
218 -2
46.
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Roar
218 +5
48.
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Jørn
212 +1
49.
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Leif
209 -2
50.
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Christian
201 +5
51.
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Jarle
188 -5
52.
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Atle
185 0
53.
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Håvard
168 +5
54.
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Rolf
165 -4
55.
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Magne
164 +24
56.
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Olav
161 -2
56.
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Ståle
161 0
58.
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Andre
159 +20
58.
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Eirik
159 +2
60.
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Arve
155 +3
61.
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Gunnar
154 -8
61.
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Ove
154 +5
63.
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Petter
152 -7
64.
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Glenn
141 +32
65.
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Bård
138 +9
66.
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Jens
137 +18
66.
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Kai
137 -4
66.
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Karl
137 -5
66.
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Michael
137 +19
70.
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Johnny
135 -11
71.
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Einar
134 +5
72.
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Thor
132 -8
72.
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Torbjørn
132 +16
74.
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Eivind
129 +17
74.
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Inge
129 +6
76.
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Ivar
127 -11
77.
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Alf
125 +4
78.
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Martin
123 -2
79.
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Henning
122 -9
79.
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Paul
122 +7
81.
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Krzysztof
115 new
82.
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Piotr
112 new
83.
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Håkon
111 -15
84.
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Ketil
107 -2
84.
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Kurt
107 -15
84.
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Richard
107 new
87.
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Jostein
106 -15
88.
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Peter
104 -21
89.
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Lasse
102 -18
90.
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Ola
101 -8
91.
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Egil
100 -18
91.
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Sven
100 -17
93.
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Bjørnar
99 +1
93.
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Henrik
99 new
95.
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David
96 new
96.
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Andreas
95 +2
96.
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Cato
95 new
96.
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Dariusz
95 -2
99.
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Jonny
92 -12
99.
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Kristian
92 -7
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Anne
1,196 0
2.
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Hege
801 +6
3.
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Hilde
793 0
4.
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Anita
693 +2
5.
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Nina
684 -1
6.
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Heidi
667 -4
7.
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Monica
664 +2
8.
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Marianne
611 -1
9.
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Tone
603 -4
10.
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Linda
571 +6
11.
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Kristin
520 -1
12.
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Mona
496 0
13.
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Bente
456 -2
14.
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Elisabeth
451 -1
15.
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Ann
431 -1
16.
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Trine
409 +8
17.
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Line
397 -2
18.
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Elin
385 +10
19.
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Marit
365 0
20.
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Inger
357 +1
21.
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Hanne
354 +6
22.
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Lene
348 +10
23.
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Eva
335 -3
24.
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Siv
332 +1
25.
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Lena
323 -7
26.
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Kari
313 -9
27.
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Mette
312 -4
27.
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Vibeke
312 +19
29.
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Wenche
308 -3
30.
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Tove
306 -8
31.
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Laila
276 +6
32.
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Liv
272 -2
33.
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Ellen
258 +7
34.
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Janne
257 -5
35.
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Sissel
255 -2
36.
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Gro
251 -1
37.
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Kjersti
238 +14
38.
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Gry
230 -7
38.
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Merete
230 0
40.
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Gunn
224 -6
41.
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Irene
218 0
42.
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Maria
214 +8
43.
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Trude
210 +6
44.
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Randi
207 -5
45.
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May
204 +7
46.
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Anna
200 +1
47.
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Lise
198 -5
48.
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Anette
190 +6
48.
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Cathrine
190 0
50.
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Siri
184 +6
51.
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Rita
183 -7
52.
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Berit
180 -9
53.
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Cecilie
174 +10
54.
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Beate
173 +1
55.
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Ingrid
170 -10
56.
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Ingunn
167 -20
57.
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Lisbeth
156 -4
58.
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Karin
153 -1
59.
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Åse
150 +11
60.
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Unni
149 +5
61.
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Britt
142 -3
62.
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Monika
141 +15
63.
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Grethe
136 -2
63.
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Sonja
136 +4
65.
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Astrid
135 -3
66.
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Camilla
128 +13
67.
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Grete
123 -7
68.
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Siw
119 -4
69.
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Eli
116 -10
69.
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Solveig
116 -1
71.
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Jorunn
115 -2
72.
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Aina
114 +1
72.
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Lill
114 +8
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Turid
114 0
75.
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Torill
112 -10
76.
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Anja
111 +22
76.
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Kirsti
111 +7
76.
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Pia
111 +9
79.
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Mariann
110 -8
80.
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Christine
108 new
81.
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Merethe
107 -5
82.
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Karianne
105 +12
83.
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Torunn
103 +4
84.
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Ragnhild
102 -10
85.
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Tanja
99 +10
86.
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Annette
97 +4
87.
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Ann-Kristin
96 -4
88.
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Helen
92 new
89.
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Kristine
90 new
89.
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Stine
90 new
91.
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Kathrine
89 new
92.
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Therese
88 new
93.
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Helene
87 -4
94.
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Sølvi
85 -14
95.
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Katrine
84 new
95.
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Lillian
84 -20
95.
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Toril
84 new
98.
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Tina
81 -6
99.
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Birgitte
80 new
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Aud
79 -4